H.E. Dr. Saleh bin Muhammad Al-Nabit, President of the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA), was elected as a member of the Netherlands-based International Statistical Institute (ISI), in recognition of PSA's achievements in the field of official statistics at the national and international levels, its distinguished professional and official presence, its untiring and diligent efforts to keep abreast of statistical developments, and its commitment to the United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics (UNFPOS).
ISI is composed of a large number of internationally recognized statisticians from central statistical organizations, universities, scientific research centers and other prestigious and world-renowned institutions. It is noteworthy that PSA, as a governmental institution, has been an active member of the ISI for a long time. Moreover, it has previously organized and participated in many of ISI activities, including those of the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS), which is one of ISI’s associations. It should be also noted that ISI manages a number of scientific societies concerned with official statistics and related fields.
In this vein, PSA looks forward to benefiting from ISI's work programs during 2023-2024. The Institute's activities cover a range of statistical capacity-building areas; such as data science and analysis, artificial intelligence, structured and unstructured data sources, official statistics strategies, and data usage in decision-making, and so on.
Furthermore, ISI has well-informed and well-established statistical periodicals related to computing, future predictions, and so on. H.E. Dr. Saleh bin Muhammad Al-Nabit, President of the Planning and Statistics Authority, will develop a perspective on how to actively benefit from ISI activities in the modernization and development of the National Statistical System.
